Tom Ince’s second-half strike secured a 2-1 victory for Stoke City against Derby County last night.

Ince, a former Ram, struck just after the hour mark to seal all three points for Gary Rowett as the ex-Derby boss got back to winning ways.

Sam Clucas had put Stoke ahead in the first half, before Peter Etebo was sent off for a nasty challenge on Richard Keogh with 33 minutes played. Harry Wilson’s free-kick levelled it up five minutes after the break, only for Ince to fire in the winner.

Here’s how both sets of supporters reaction on social media.

Derby fans:

@BuckTaylor64: No point in moaning too much! Once they went down to 10, we knew exactly what Rowett would do! Still very much a work in progress and two, three new players needed to get near promotion.

Tom Ince fires Stoke City back in front against Derby County (Image: PA)

@stevenlloyd1: On another day Carson saves one if not both of them and one of Marriott’s/Lawrence’s efforts go in! That’s the Championship. Only one team was trying to play football, need to learn to win ugly. Hard to play through a double decker.

@antbrown180: Build up play far too slow for me and need to use the channel’s more, both full-backs getting caught out. Frank will sort it, was never going to happen overnight.

@HarryCecil: We have played some of our best football for years under FL. He is in his first 20 games as a manager. The January window approaches. I for one remain ecstatic at our position. FL in a winner and we must stay 100% supportive.

@Durkasacker: Before everyone comes out with the ‘we’re not good enough to go up’ blah blah, let’s not forget this is a young side and we are still in November! Stay in touch until January then bring some new faces in.

@Sammarkrees: Pretty frequently see teams stating that they’ve had their “best performance of the season” against us. Do teams always step up against us or do we love making teams look really good?

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@thewanderingram: I’d be amazing if we don’t bring a couple of players in during January transfer window. Definitely needed.

Stoke fans:

@garetahedwards: Phenomenal team performance. Not pretty but that showed so much of the fight we have at times lacked. Really hope this is the spark to ignite our season now, as that was a performance to be proud of.

@peteoconn: Tempo is the absolute key in this league. When we stand off players and let them play we look a poor team. If we play with purpose and tempo then opposing defences really struggle as we have undoubted quality at this level.

Sam Clucas of Stoke City celebrates after scoring for Stoke City against Derby County (Image: Getty Images)

@ramczy213: What a game. Haven't seen fight like that for some time. Well played boys, absolutely brilliant display... Do we dare to get carried away? Let's see how things are come 5 o'clock Saturday tea time.

@GShelley76: Brilliant, Stoke City, everybody was brilliant!

@JoshJames1993: Well I haven’t enjoyed a Stoke performance that much in a while! Loved that, more of the same please.